Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

FTC Announces “Crack Down” on COPPA Violations by Ed Tech Companies

Amidst the rising focus on privacy issues affecting children and teens (which we’ve highlighted here, here, here, and here ), the FTC just released a new Policy Statement on COPPA, its signature rule protecting the…

Update: Chair Cantwell Introduces S. 4145, A One-Sided 13(b) Fix

On Wednesday, we described draft legislation circulating in the Senate Commerce Committee that would have given the Federal Trade Commission almost unfettered authority to enjoin permanently any act, practice or…

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Pushes One-Sided 13(b) Fix

The one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC has renewed calls for Congressional action to expand and codify the Federal Trade Commission’s enforcement authority under…

FTC Uses AMG Anniversary to Push for a Bipartisan 13(b) Legislative Fix in an Increasingly Partisan Environment

During the Federal Trade Commission’s April 28 open meeting, Commissioners utilized the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC to highlight the implications of the…

Complaint Urges FTC to Investigate the Location Data Industry

There’s a “request for investigation” pending at the FTC that some of our readers might have missed. The April 12 complaint, filed by Georgetown Law professor Laura Moy on behalf of the Council on American-Islamic…